Editor’s Picks
Angel investing 101
How angel investors’ regional ‘fingerprints’ uncover hidden startup opportunities
Beyond well-known strengths, like life sciences in Boston or consumer tech in Los Angeles, one researcher’s analysis highlights sectors quietly gaining early-stage funding.
Civic Tech, Policy & Government
Entrepreneurship & Business
Workforce & Jobs of the Future
Data Centers
CMU spinout NovoLINC raises $10.2M seed to cool overheating data centers
The Pittsburgh startup’s tech takes an updated approach to keep AI chips from getting too hot.
Delaware exceeds its goal to distribute $14 million to small businesses in 2025
Plus, the Dept. of Education secures major funding, data center updates and a new leader for UD.
Meet the woman who’s tracking data centers in Pennsylvania
Emilia Doda was at her apartment in San Jose when she read in the Scranton Times-Tribune that a data center would be built across from her childhood home.
What’s next for Bon Carré? How a shuttered Baton Rouge mall became a data center hub
After foreclosure battles and ownership changes, the centrally located tech park is in the midst of massive redevelopments.
Profiles: ‘how i got here’
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Builders by chris wink
The most comprehensive look at entrepreneur ecosystem building across the US
Technical.ly’s updated Ecosystems Map aligns with EcoMap’s experience that the field is shifting from coordination to real-time strategic intelligence.
REALIST HONOREES
NSF Engines
$15M project aims to turn Upstate New York into a US ‘battery capital’
The US depends on China for most of its batteries. With funding from the National Science Foundation, this initiative wants to change that.
For North Carolina, regenerative medicine is both a health and economic imperative
The hard-to-commercialize and life-saving tech garners federal and VC investment as a part of a National Science Foundation Engine in the state.
How scientists in the Southwest are tackling the growing water scarcity crisis
Las Vegas-based startup WAVR, a part of the local National Science Foundation Engines program, is developing tech that harvests water from the air.
Power Moves
Pittsburgh’s new economic development director outlines plan to make the region ‘one of the most affordable innovation hubs in the world’
Plus, the AI Strike Team is expanding its board, the city’s chief information office steps down and more power moves.
Thermo Fisher Scientific plans collaboration hub for Philly’s life sciences startups
Plus, the Science Center announced its ninth Capital Readiness cohort, meet the winners of Hopeworks’ young entrepreneurs pitch competition and more power moves.
New AI govtech testing center opens in Northern Virginia
Plus, Bay Area’s Hustle Fund promotes DC local, another innovation hub is coming to the region and more DMV power moves.
Baltimore bets on Harford County’s defense biomanufacturing base in Phase 3 Tech Hubs bid
Plus, a Baltimore Emerging Technology Centers leader steps down, Johns Hopkins student entrepreneurs compete for funding and other power moves.